"Nor take any sassin'," said the second.
The tall form in blue-jean shirt and leather breeches strode on, with the two boys under its arms.
"I beg!" at last said one of the boys.
"I beg!" said the other.
"Then I'll let you go, and we'll all be friends again!"
"Yes, Abraham, I'll give in, if he will."
"I will. Let me go."
The tall form dropped the two boys, and soon all was peace in the April-like air.
"Abraham Lincoln will never allow any quarrels in our school," said another boy. "Where he is there has to be peace. It wouldn't be fair for him to use his strength so, only he's always right; and when strength is right it is all for the best."
The boy had a rather clear perception of the true principles of human government. A will to do right and the power to enforce it, make nations great as well as character powerful.